This policy sets out how Salvo Property Group and its related companies and trusts (“SPG”) collects, uses, discloses and manages your personal information and how SPG complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”).
SPG has appointed a Privacy Officer. If you have any queries or complaints regarding your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact details listed below.
When used in this privacy policy, the term ‘personal information’ has the meaning given to it in the Act. In general terms, it is any information that can be used to personally identify you. This may include your name, address, telephone number, email address and profession or occupation. If the information SPG collects personally identifies you, or you are reasonably identifiable from it, the information will be considered to be personal information.
The information we collect about you depends on the products, services or information that you ask us to provide to you. We may collect information such as:
A cookie is a small text file that a website may write to your hard drive when you visit the website. A cookie file can contain information, such as a userID, that the website uses to track the pages you have visited. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you personally supply. A cookie cannot read data on your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.
SPG’s websites use cookies to track user traffic patterns and to better serve you when you revisit the website. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, providing you with the opportunity to either accept or reject it. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser.
SPG will collect your personal information directly from you unless it is unreasonable or impracticable to do so. When collecting personal information from you, we may collect it in ways including:
We may also collect personal information from third parties including from our related companies, third party companies including but not limited to, marketing agencies, credit reporting agencies, law enforcement agencies and other government entities.
If you decide not to provide SPG with the personal information described above, some or all of the following may happen:
SPG operates the following businesses:
SPG collects personal information in order to carry on the above businesses, to provide property-related products and services, to improve our products and services and to communicate with our customers and investors. Personal Information may also be disclosed between SPG’s businesses, related companies and trusts.
SPG also collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information for the following purposes:
Your personal information will not be shared, sold, rented or disclosed other than as described in this policy.
SPG may send you direct marketing communications and information about:
These communications may be sent in various forms, including by telephone, post, fax, email, SMS or by other forms of electronic messages.
You consent to us sending you those direct marketing communications by any of those methods. If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will try to use that method whenever practical to do so.
In addition, at any time you may opt-out of receiving marketing communications from SPG by contacting us (see the details below) or by using any opt-out facilities provided in the marketing communications. If you opt-out using the opt-out details specified in a marketing communication, we will ensure that your name is removed from the mailing list that we used to send you that particular communication. If you wish to opt-out of other (or all) marketing communications or mailing lists, please see below.
You can opt out if you prefer to not receive direct marketing communications about our latest products, services, promotions and offers. You may wish to opt-out of selected mailing lists or all SPG mailing lists.
In order to opt-out, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact details below.
Please note that, if SPG is currently providing you with services or products, SPG will still need to send you essential information about your account, the relevant services or products and other information required by law.
SPG does not disclose your personal information, except as stated below. SPG takes reasonable steps to ensure that third party recipients do not use personal information for their own purposes and that those parties comply with SPG’s privacy policy.
Parties to whom SPG may disclose relevant personal information include:
If any SPG business, company or trust is sold to another organisation, we may transfer any personal information we hold about you to that organisation.
No employee is able to access information they do not require for their duties. There are passwords and security access IDs in place to restrict access to confidential and personal information to those who need it perform their duties.
If you wish to seek access to the personal information we may hold about you, please contact our Privacy Officer. Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will try to provide you with a suitable means of accessing it (for example, by mailing or emailing it to you).
There may be instances where we cannot grant you access to the personal information we hold. For example, we may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If that happens we will give you written reasons for the refusal.
If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request us to amend it. If you wish to update the personal information that SPG may hold, please email us info@salvo.net.au. In some unusual cases we may not agree that there are grounds for amending your personal information. If that happens, we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.
We will not charge you for simply making the request and will not charge for making any corrections to your personal information. Depending on the nature of the request, we may ask you to verify your identity, put your request in writing and to complete an enquiry form, which will be sent to you.
You may contact our Privacy Officer by:
SPG requests that complaints about breaches of privacy be made in writing, so we can be sure about the details of the complaint. Our Privacy Officer deals with privacy complaints and any complaints should be directed to the Privacy Officer using the contact details above. We will attempt to confirm as appropriate and necessary with you your understanding of the conduct relevant to the complaint and what you expect as an outcome. We will inform you whether we will conduct an investigation, the name, title, and contact details of the investigating officer and the estimated completion date for the investigation process.
After SPG has completed its enquiries, we will contact you, usually in writing, to advise the outcome and invite a response to our conclusions about the complaint. If we receive a response from you, we will assess it and advise if SPG has changed its view. If you are unsatisfied with the outcome, SPG will advise you about further options including, if appropriate, review by the Privacy Commissioner within the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
We may disclose personal information to our related bodies corporate and third party suppliers and service providers located overseas for some of the purposes listed above. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the privacy obligations relating to your personal information.
We may disclose personal information to entities outside Australia, including our data hosting and other IT service providers, located in the USA.
SPG takes all reasonable security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure.
SPG reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time and will update the privacy policy on SPG’s website if it has been changed. If you have any further questions about SPG’s privacy policy, please contact SPG’s Privacy Officer.
Last updated 15 May 2014